The vision for Aragon is to create a digital jurisdiction. A place on the Internet where people can self-organize in a free, peaceful, sustainable, and inclusive way.

The first step was to create the tools for DAOs to exist. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) allow for borderless, non-violent organization. Smart contracts give DAOs their great properties, but they also constrain them.

In 2017, we figured out that DAOs need to grow outside of their blockchain and machine-powered smart contracts. DAOs need subjective agreements. DAOs and their users need an equivalent of the legal system, but fully native to them.

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And that’s how the idea of Aragon Court was born — a new efficient, borderless, and secure dispute resolution protocol for the Internet era.

Aragon Court works by drafting human jurors to review disputes and motivating them with financial rewards and penalties to adjudicate well.

The demand-side of the market comes from DAOs and users who rely on Aragon Court as a dispute resolution provider if members of their organization come to a disagreement. The supply-side of the market comes from users who stake Aragon Court’s token (ANJ) to serve as jurors, adjudicate disputes, and earn rewards.